Re: Help! My pumpkin stopped growing!
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Help! My pumpkin stopped growing!
- From: c*@sanasys.com
- Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 12:19:25 -0500
- References: <v01530501b2187d9bfbc3@[199.4.80.163]>
hello
have anyone ever heard of the sibling complex? I heard of it a few years
ago and have been carefull ever since.
brocfarm wrote:
>
> >At 09:57 AM 9/4/98 EDT, you wrote:
> >>This happened the day after I culled the 32 pounder from
> >>the same plant, so I would expect that would have given the bigger one a
> >>boost, not make it stop!
> >
> >Is it not possible that it might take some small amount of time for it to
> >recover from the culling? To you it's a culling, to the plant it's an
> >injury, no?
> >
> mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>
> Bart,
>
> the sole thing the plant wants to do is reproduce seeds(itself) usually
> culling a pumpkin sends more juice to the existing pumpkin as less
> competition for nutrients....either your plant feels it has fulfilled its
> job or there maybe something rotting some where ....roots, stem
> pumpkin.....??
>
> Here in CA. it seems the pumpkins are maturing faster than years past the
> cool spring, 20 days over 100 i think have stressed the plants and there
> ready to quit ................brock
>
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